Porsche's designs are an evolution of each generation rather then a radical change. This design has been kept throughout the years and each car shares the same basic design principles. My question is, how much longer can the design evolve? Do you think the current designs time may be running out? What more can they do?

I posted this question on planet 9 to get some P car owner inputs, but what do you folks think?

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Originally Posted by Jaypod

You sound like my buddies who have AMG's - Slam the gas, slam the brakes...

I thought this was about those gay adidas shoes. I can see how it looks like they're running out of room to work with when it comes to the 911 but I think they'll keep it going for a while, with at least 3 more completely new bodystyles that will still be easily recognizable as a 911.

I thought this was about those gay adidas shoes. I can see how it looks like they're running out of room to work with when it comes to the 911 but I think they'll keep it going for a while, with at least 3 more completely new bodystyles that will still be easily recognizable as a 911.

I don't even see how it can go another generation. The next gen 911 is essentially the same with LED lights all around and a few new tech toys...

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Originally Posted by Jaypod

You sound like my buddies who have AMG's - Slam the gas, slam the brakes...

I cant see them ever killing the 911. Every new generation of youth starts a whole new cycle. They can probably keep tweaking the design for another 50 years if they really want. The problem is going to be what happens to the engines. If you thought the change from air cooling to water cooling was a big deal wait til they are all hybrids or electric lol

The LEDs are going to be necessitated by legislation pretty soon. Everything is going to have LED DRLs eventually. Porsche at least managed to include them tastefully without resorting to the x-mas tree look, but I noticed that the lower trims and some of the racier models like the Spyder have that shitty hair-thin LED stripe that looks useless. Plus the LEDs replaced the previous foglights that were in the same spot and just looked older by comparison, so it's not like they made any changes to include them.

Best inclusion has been the Panamera Turbo's so far.

Edit: not sure if LEDs will be mandated, but DRLs will be, and DRLs are more efficient so they'll be an obvious choice.

To BMW's credit, designers and engineers are tasked with making a package surrounded by 'hard points' that are a result of a given set of parameters created by crash standards, competitive class interior capacity, and pedestrian safety standards. The cars will grow in size to stay competitive with its class, which is why you see people complaining about the rear legroom of an E90 but not a B8 A/S4. The F30 will grow to accommodate this disadvantage.